Dec 1, 2013

Sunday Smooch with Amy Andrews

Today we have a smooch from Amy Andrews but first ... the two winner's of last week's Sunday Smooch Giveaway are -Helen and Sharlene!

Can you please contact barb(at)barbaradeleo(dot) com to receive your copy of Winning the Boss's Heart

And now for today's Sunday Smooch from ........The Most Expensive Night of her Life

Her million-pound question!

Supermodel
Ava Kelly is more used to luxury yachts than London canal boats. But
she desperately needs a refuge from the paparazzi and delectable Blake
Walker's boat will provide the perfect bolt-hole. This brooding
ex-soldier is bound to rescue her, right…?
Wrong. Pampered
princess Ava is the last person Blake wants in his personal space—she's
far too tempting! But with a million-pound charity donation hanging in
the balance Blake can't say no. Now that Ava's close enough to touch,
keeping his hands off her is pretty difficult, too! Maybe money isn't
the only thing at stake this Christmas….

Scene
set-up: Ava, gorgeous Brit super-model, has bribed Blake, wounded war
veteran cum house reno project manager into letting her stay the night
with him on his boat after somebody shot at her house and he yanked her
to the ground and protected her. And now she's there - she wants a little bit more.....

Ava smiled at him encouragingly. “It’s okay, you
know,” she said, “to be a little...daunted. It’s really quite common. Some guys
are a little freaked out at first because of who I am...They don’t want to
screw it up and it makes them... nervous ... reticent. But really, I’m just a
woman.”

She leaned forward, conscious of her gown gaping a
little more and the lowering of his gaze. She picked up his hand, and placed it
half way up her thigh.

“A flesh and blood woman,” she continued. “Don’t
think of me as a...celebrity. I’m just Ava...a woman just like any other.”

Blake’s gaze stayed fixed on where his hand met her
flesh as Ava straightened. Her thigh was warm beneath his palm. And very, very
female. Something his erection appreciated with gusto. So much that it almost
made him forget her ridiculous statement.

Lord. Her ego sure as hell hadn’t been scared into
submission last night.

She didn’t intimidate
him.

But she definitely got under his skin.

He dropped his hand from her thigh before he did
something completely contradictory like smoothing it up. All the way up. He
looked up instead – a much safer alternative - as he mentally thrust the temptation
aside.

“No, Ava.”

Ava heard the roughness of longing in his voice
despite his denial. What was his
problem? And then suddenly something else occurred to her and she felt both
stupid and insensitive. Throwing herself at him – an injured war veteran.

“Oh God, I’m so sorry,” she whispered. “You’re
injuries ...” She shook her head. “I should have thought. I didn’t realise you
couldn’t...that you can’t...that you’re...impotent ...I’m so sorry...”

Blake almost choked at her wild assumption. Right at
this second he’d never been more bloody potent in his life.

Or more goaded into proving it.

“Screw it,” he growled forgetting all the reasons he
shouldn’t as he grabbed her hand and yanked.

Ava barely had chance to catch her breath before she
landed hard in his lap, looming over him, her thighs straddling his. Her gown
had flown open and her bare breasts grazed the neckline of his shirt. Her hands
clutched for purchase, finding the hard wall of muscle that constituted his
chest.

But she didn’t protest or stop to clarify. She just
followed her instincts. And her instincts led her to his mouth. A mouth that
was seeking hers, his fingers spearing into her hair, his hands dragging her
head down to his.

Her mouth down to his.

And when his lips touched hers, full and firm and
open, she opened to him too, parting instantly, her nostrils full of the
intoxicating scent of him, her tongue savouring the hint of beer and the
fuller, earthier taste of aroused man.

I hope you enjoyed the Smooch :-)
I'm
giving away a copy (paper and international) of The Most Expensive
Night Of Her Life to one lucky person who leaves an answer to this
question in the comments - Ever met a celebrity and been all daunted
and tongue-tied? Does fame intimidate you?

Come
back next Sunday, when the winner of today's giveaway will be announced
-- and a smooch from . Jen St George will be posted!

31 comments:

Hi Amy,Love this set up! What a hook of a kiss! I'm looking forward to reading the whole book now.Not many brushes with celebrities unless you count a couple of Prime Ministers in passing. I have to say there are other celebrities I'd much rather see.

I've met national television news anchors and not been intimidated. There were a couple of television stars, but it was like, "Oh! That's who you are. That's nice." And I continued walking. They are just like you and I. What's that phrase? We all put our shoes on in the morning, one after the other, or something like that.

When I was in high school I met basketball player Moses Malone and got his autograph with my girlfriends. I remember being overwhelmed with his height. Now I have to laugh because he's the same height as my hubby, 6'10".

hmmm, in the reading world I have met Yvonne, Barbara, Nalini Singh and other kiwi authors that I can not remember the names of at present. This was at the last RWNZ conference which I think contributed to me not being tongue-tied.

In my previous job, I would serve kiwi sports stars, but often wouldn't realise until after the fact.

The Most Expensive Night of Her Life sounds like it will be a great read :)

Great scene, Amy! I love how Blake was trying so hard to resist temptation and then all his good intentions came crashing down!

Oh, SNAP about feeling all tongue-tied when meeting Marion Lennox for the first time! And Emma Darcy too! Very overwhelming! But they're both so lovely to talk to once you've managed to get over the nerves!

Have to love a hero who accepts a challenge head-on! Loved the smooch, Amy, and I reckon there will be a heap of fireworks between this pair. Fab dynamic!

I also have been completely fan-girlish when first meeting my favourite authors. Two I remember clearly are Barbara Samuels and Jennifer Crusie -- I gushed and blabbered and sounded like a complete fool but they were both extremely gracious and nice. I try to be more urbane but sometimes it is impossible.

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